WASHINGTON -- The strategy could not be clearer: From the Republican lawmakers blanketing Fox News to new ads from President Donald Trump's super PAC to the biting criticism on Donald Trump Jr.'s Twitter feed, the GOP is attempting to divert attention from the administration's heavily criticized
WASHINGTON — The strategy could not be clearer: From the Republican lawmakers blanketing Fox News to new ads from President Donald Trump’s super PAC to the biting criticism on Donald Trump Jr.’s Twitter feed, the GOP is attempting to divert attention from the administration’s heavily criticized response to the coronavirus by pinning the blame on China.
“Trump has always been successful when he’s had a boogeyman and China is the perfect boogeyman,” said Chris LaCivita, a longtime Republican strategist.Eager to continue trade talks, uneasy about further rattling the markets and hungry to protect his relationship with President Xi Jinping at a moment when the United States is relying on China’s manufacturers for lifesaving medical supplies, Trump has repeatedly muddied Republican efforts to fault China.
Despite the president’s diverging public statements, a central pillar of his campaign’s approach is to deflect anger over the human casualties and economic pain of the coronavirus onto an adversary that many Americans already view warily. It is especially striking to see a primarily internationalist Democratic Party and the traditionally business-friendly GOP attempt to portray the other as captive to Beijing — yet that only illustrates the electoral incentives at play.
The president’s hopes for securing a major trade agreement with China have been reinforced by a coterie of his advisers, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who have often prevailed in internal battles over White House hard-liners. More ominous for the president are some private Republican surveys that show him losing ground in key states like Michigan, where one recent poll has him losing by double digits, according to a Republican strategist who has seen it.
He said Republicans should make the issue central this fall and demonstrate “how are we going to come out of this stronger by actually standing up to the Chinese.”
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